Puzzle



Dec. 1924- 1,519,702

I O. R. PREUSS PUZZLE Filed April 15, 192.2.

gvwemtoz Oscar R. Prezzss.

Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED TATES OSCAR R. PREUSS, OF BLO'OMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

PUZZLE.

Application filed April 15, 1922. Serial No. 552,859.

To all whom 2'15 may concern Be it known that Oscar. R. Pnnuss, a citi'zen of the Republic of Germany, residing at Bloomfield, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to lIIlPIOVGlllQDtS in puzzles, and in particularhas reference to a puzzle representing a boot hanging by a boot strapfrom a hand of wire, or other suitable material with a ring aiouiul theboot strap to prevent the boot from separated from the hand, the objectof the puzzle being to take the boot off the hand without bending orbreaking any of the parts.

Referring to Fig. 1, I have shown in front elevation a suitable form ofhand made of wire and a boot suspended by the boot strap therefrom whichmay be made of sheet metal or the like, a ring surrounding the bootstrap between the hand and the boot to prevent the same from beingseparated or taken apart. Fig. 2 illustrates a similar view with thehand and the boot relatively shifted in position showing the first stageof separating the same, and Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating thesecond stage of separating the same. Fig. k is a plan view of the bootas it is stamped out in blank.

In removing the boot from the hand from its position shown in Fig. 1,the boot strap is first shifted leftwardly along the lower side of thesmall finger indicated by reference character 5, then along the upperside of said finger and around the other fingers in the same mannerfollowing the wire until the boot hangs from the two wires connectingthe first and second finger as shown in Fig. 2. When in that positionthe ring may be lifted upwardly over the strap and over the loop 6 ofthe wire until the ring rests upon said loop leftwardly of the bootstrap. The boot may now be pushed upwardly allowing the wire from whichthe boot strap is suspended to pass between the sides of the boot, thusfacilitating the complete removal of the boot without bending or breaking any of the parts. To replace the boot in the original position, itis again slightly spread so as to admit the wire from which it wasremoved between the free ends of the boot until it hangs by the bootstrap again in substantially the same position as shown in Fig. 2, afterwhich the ring may be pushed leftwardly over the boot strap leaving itsuspended as shown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 3 the ring 7 is shown pushedleftwardly clear of the boot so as to allow the porticn 8 of the wire tobe passed through the free ends of the boot either for removing the bootor for replacing it as above described.

Of course it will be readily understood that instead of a boot, a pigmay be suspended by the tail, or any other object ntray be used andinstead of a hand, any other suitable device may be formed of suitablematerial for effecting the same puzzle combination. In fact, variousmodifications may be made in the construction and arrangements of partswithout departing from ihe spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A puzzle of the class described, comprising a continuous wire bent inthe form of an outline of a hand with outstretched spaced apart fingers,a two-sided flat bootlike structure suspended by a strap connecting saidsides from said hand and a ring over said strap for preventing theren'ioval of said boot from said hand except by a predetermined method,said method consisting in sliding said strap along the wire representingthe fingers of said hand until in a position to pass the ring over theend of said strap so that said boot can be withdrawn from said wire.

2. In a device of the class described. a frame in the form of an outlineof a hand with outstretched spaced apart fingers. a miniature bootdikemember comprising two sides connected at one end by a strap, said bootadapted to be inserted between the iingers of said hand and suspendedtherefrom by said strap, and a locking member with a hole thereinadapted to pass over the loop formed between adjacent fingers and overthe strap of said boot.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

OSCAR R. PREUSS.

